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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023
Mayor weighs in on state of the city
Behind the numbers
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Davis Mayor Will Arnold offered his take on the state of the city this week when he and City Manager Mike Webb participated in the annual State of the City address hosted by the Davis Chamber of Commerce. Key topics covered by Arnold and Webb during the Zoom forum included the city’s financial outlook; infrastructure ARNOLD investments; develDavis mayor opment projects; and social services and housing. And while those are the issues generally addressed by the city’s mayor in the State of the City, Wednesday’s event also allowed city officials to highlight some of the accomplishments of the last year as well as address some of the challenges facing the city. On the topic of the city’s financial condition and the local economy, Arnold expressed “cautious optimism,” saying, “our indicators point to an overall very good direction, but as I think everyone here on this call recognizes, there are challenges
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Roughly 6,500 new and returning students moved into dorms at UC Davis in September 2022. How many will do so this fall? Caleb Hampton/ Enterprise file photo
UCD applications surge again By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions is now evaluating applications and plans to notify applicants of admissions decisions for first-year status in midMarch and for transfer status within the second half of April, according Julia Ann Easley of UC Davis News and Media Relations in a press release.
first-year admission, and 14,741 applying for transfer admission for the 2023-24 academic year, according to the UC Office of the President’s statistics that were released last week. UC has a goal of enrolling one new transfer student for every two new freshmen. UCD’s 2018 Long Range Development Plan calls for a 39,000 capacity; 37,000 students are projected for
admission for the 2022-23 year. Because the LRDP uses a threequarter average, UC has to wait for data to add data from the spring quarter to add it to the fall and winter quarter data to calculate it for the current academic year, so it is still an early estimate, Easley explained. Roughly 5% of the 40,772 enrolled this year were enrolled
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Prism Pool Pros marks 20 years of serving community
Six years for West Sac manslaughter
By Aaron Geerts
Enterprise staff writer
Enterprise staff writer Backyard swimming pools are synonymous with summertime fun and unforgettable memories. That’s why Prism Pool Pros has serviced and maintained these domestic oases for the last 20 years and looks forward to 2o more years of service and dedication to Yolo County’s families and their pools. Before reaching this double-decade accolade, Prism Pool Pros was just a small business in Davis with one man working for himself — Bob Neundorfer. He started out with a Ford F-150, 53 pools on his
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Students are encouraged to file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or the California Dream Act Application. The priority deadline for state and university grant consideration is March 2 for the 2023-24 academic year. According to UCD, the university nearly reached the 2022-23 record number of undergraduate applications with 94,609 applying for
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route to service, and enough elbow grease to fill them all. Through hard work and following through with his promises to customers, Neundorfer’s business thrived. In 2017, he was looking to relinquish the reins of the business and brought in his son-in-law, Eric Larum. They put their heads together, expanded the business and Larum and his wife officially took over Prism Pool Pros in 2020. “What Bob’s done and what we’ve done up until this year is service. The side of our truck reads ‘residential and commercial
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WEATHER Saturday: Rainy and breezy. High 53. Low 39.
By Lauren Keene Monica Elise Turknett loved animals, oftentimes caring for neighborhood strays and helping others do the same. That’s how she met Robert Spurlin Jr., whose pet dog was sick and dying. She befriended him and guided him through his grief. Suffering from depression, Turknett invited Spurlin to live with her to fend off her pain and loneliness. Turknett’s friends say he repaid the favor by keeping her plied with alcohol that triggered wild mood swings and arguments. “She felt sorry for him and thought he just needed a little help getting on his feet,” said Turknett’s longtime friend Diane Self. “Instead of getting a job, he plotted to get her dependent on him so he could party and never have to work.” Turknett wanted to end the volatile relationship but never got the chance, according to her friends. The 44-year-old
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died on June 13, 2009, from an ax blow to her head. Spurlin, whose arrest last summer ended the stalled 13-year investigation, received a six-year state prison sentence TURKNETT Feb. 24, the result of a Homicide plea agreement in which unsolved for he admitted guilt to vol13 years untary manslaughter. Several of Turknett’s friends submitted written statements read during Spurlin’s sentencing hearing in Yolo Superior Court. They all recalled Turknett’s caring nature, despite a childhood marred by emotional abuse. But she wasn’t perfect, and once verbally disparaged Spurlin when she caught him trying on her clothing. “I have absolutely no doubt that she
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